We captured the video off of cable tv using MythTV, like tivo, thenprovided the file to the network through VLC over UDP (multicast). Rangreat, no hang-ups. We provided a shortcut to the VLC stream in a
shared network drive so our students and teachers could easily accessit. I'd bet we had 300+ connections to it.

End result was a multicast video stream about 30 seconds behind live tv.The video and audio quality was awesome.

It was suggested that we could present this at the SB Tech Conference.

-----Original Message-----From: School Information Technology Discussion[mailto:[log in to unmask]] On Behalf Of Raymond Ballou
Sent: Friday, January 23, 2009 8:44 AMTo: [log in to unmask]Subject: Re: watching inauguration live over the Internet

Dear List:

I was out sick that day, but could track utilization from home.

One issue we ran into was installation of updated FLASH.

Not something I tend to unless it is needed.

Had a number of users who could not view a stream due to outdated flash,norinstall it on their own (permission reasons).

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